http://www.ruedelapaixhats.com/Blog feed for Rue de la PaixCopyright 2012 Rue de la Paixhttp://www.ruedelapaixhats.com/articles/view/?article=13Hello!  Welcome Spring!  Rue de la Paix has been very busy over the past year, and so I have only added 6 "new" antique hats to the website in Spring 2012, but they are wonderful hats, so please enjoy looking.   More to come.....  Sat, 19 May 2012 13:47:50 GMThttp://www.ruedelapaixhats.com/articles/view/?article=12                                                    NEW for 2012                                          Antique Titanic Era Hats Fashion Show &nbs…Sat, 19 May 2012 13:47:50 GMThttp://www.ruedelapaixhats.com/articles/view/?article=11RECENT EVENTS presented by Rue de la Paix and The Pasadena Museum of History Millinery Haute Couture: Vintage Designer Hats Fashion Show & Luncheon Altadena Town and Country Club, 2290 Country Club Dr., Altadena 91001 Saturday, May 7, 12:30 pm    A very special fashion event just in time for Mother's Day! Turn-of-the-century designer hats will take the spotlight on the catwalk as millinery historian and collector Barbara Troeller unpacks her most prized posses…Sat, 19 May 2012 13:47:50 GMThttp://www.ruedelapaixhats.com/articles/view/?article=10 Fancy Feathers! Barbara Troeller at Pasadena Museum April 22, 2011 As seen in the Pasadena Star-News, Barbara Troeller, historian of antique millinery, is all smiles and surrounded by an explosion of colorful antique ostrich feathers from her collections.   The Pasadena Museum of History presents the “Mad for Hats!” exhibit from their costume and textile collection through Septem…Sat, 19 May 2012 13:47:50 GMThttp://www.ruedelapaixhats.com/articles/view/?article=9Hello,   Happy New Year to all of my new and past customers and to so many of you who have signed my Guest book and Mailing List.  I have not forgotten you!  I know it seems that way, doesn't it?   E-mails have come in asking..."Where are the Hats"??  Well, they ARE here (really), waiting to be photographed and listed on the site for sale.  I have been busy with inventory on the over 800 hats in my collection, and it is an overwhelming task, but I love doing it.…Sat, 19 May 2012 13:47:50 GMThttp://www.ruedelapaixhats.com/articles/view/?article=6My heart sings today!    My business was just featured in the recent July/August 2010 issue of VICTORIA Magazine.  It is on the "For The Love Of Vintage" feature on page 10.  They referred to me as one of their "Visionary Women Entreprenuers" with "A Passion For The Past".   Ooh I am all a-tingle!    My mother loved Victoria magazine, it was her favorite and mine, and it was her dream to see my name in that publication.  We have every issue si…Sat, 19 May 2012 13:47:50 GMThttp://www.ruedelapaixhats.com/articles/view/?article=5I've listed the Caroline Reboux antique Victorian Era Cape for sale on my website.  As promised, "she" is for sale at the end of June and up for Show and Tell right now.   I'll be adding more photos and lots of information later as the actual sale date nears.  Caroline Reboux was considered the Empress of the French Haute Couture milliners, and she practiced her arts from the 1870's to the 1920's in Paris.   Most people know her only for her hats and chapeaux, …Sat, 19 May 2012 13:47:50 GMThttp://www.ruedelapaixhats.com/articles/view/?article=3Slowly ...slowly....I am adding a few more hats this week.  My new camera does not seem to want to cooperate, and I just cannot get it to do what I want!    OK, its me, not the camera.  Once I figure it all out, I will get a lot more goodies in here for all of you to enjoy.  There was, however, one wonderful surprise this morning.  I opened up a Lilly Dache' hat box that was way in the back shelves, and, Lo and Behold!.... hiding underneath my favorite Floral D…Sat, 19 May 2012 13:47:50 GMThttp://www.ruedelapaixhats.com/articles/view/?article=2 Hello,   May, 2010 is the beginning of a new journey for me.  This Website is brand new and is dedicated to the memory of my beautiful mother.  I hope to make many new friends along the way as I open my heart, along with opening many old trunks full of antique hats, clothing and textiles.  There are thousands of treasures that mom and I had collected over the past three decades and it is time to let them go to new homes.    My aim is to not only show, a…Sat, 19 May 2012 13:47:50 GMT